Tuesday, 8 April 2014

G is for Genre (Also WriYe blog post)

What is your main genre?

Usually YA/fantasy/adventure. I don't do horror, I'm not very good at romance, I can't think of interesting mainstream plots and I get far too bogged down in researching if I try to do historical fiction.

How has it evolved for you in the
past few years and how do you think it will evolve further - both in
your own writing style and in the publishing field overall?

I think YAis more accepted as a genre in its own right now than it used to be, and I think the boundaries of what YA is have been pushed back. Think how gory some of The Hunger Games is and compare it to stories like What Katy Did or Peter Pan. My writing style hasn't really changed aside from (hopefully) getting better, because I've never really tried to fit into a genre, I've just written what I like.

Is there any
genre you think blends easily with your niche?

I think any genre blends with YA. Personally I like writing it because I can tell a story without having to swear, go into graphic detail, or get too involved with gore/sex/violence. It makes me sound a bit like a cop out, but I like telling stories that I could tell to my Brownies or my niece and that wouldn't make my Mum blush ;-)

Bonus: Doodle us something that describes your main genre to a T.

Doodle to follow later...
• Challenge for the day is for you to doodle your genre as well!

2 comments:

I write middle grade and YA and I can see some similarities. I know Romance Writers of America has a YA category...so many YAs can fall into the romance. YA has matured so much in recent years, it's often hard for me to tell the difference between an adult book and a YA book...the voice is almost always just as mature in a teen book. The only difference is, the characters are in h.s. and dealing with different issues.